Photo provided by LEAH SCHWARTZMAN -- 'Three Finger Falls,' an acrylic painting by Larry Downs, is featured in the Louisiana Art and Artists' Guild's 2014 Member Art Show at Independence Park Theatre. A reception for the artist is 2 p.m.-5 p.m. Sunday.

Advocate file photo by CATHERINE THRELKELD -- Makeup artist Blain Quam, right, air brushes Lloyd Pitts, who played a bellhop, at last year's 13th Gate Haunted House in Baton Rouge. The attraction is open Friday, Saturday and Thursday this week.

Baton Rouge area calendar for Oct. 3-9, 2014

Photo provided by LEAH SCHWARTZMAN -- 'Three Finger Falls,' an acrylic painting by Larry Downs, is featured in the Louisiana Art and Artists' Guild's 2014 Member Art Show at Independence Park Theatre. A reception for the artist is 2 p.m.-5 p.m. Sunday.

Photo provided by the LSU School of Music -- The LSU Jazz Ensemble will be among the performers in the LSU School of Music's Concert Spectacular Saturday, Jan. 30, in the LSU Union Theatre.

Advocate file photo by CATHERINE THRELKELD -- Makeup artist Blain Quam, right, air brushes Lloyd Pitts, who played a bellhop, at last year's 13th Gate Haunted House in Baton Rouge. The attraction is open Friday, Saturday and Thursday this week.

ART OPENING: 5 p.m.-8 p.m., The Elizabethan Gallery, 680 Jefferson Highway. The Mid City Art & Design Cultural District will celebrate its 27th anniversary with the annual fall art show and reception for featured artists. (225) 924-6437 or www.elizabethangallery.com

LECTURE: 10 a.m., Louisiana State Archives, 3851 Essen Lane. As part of Archives Month, Kenneth Hoffman, The National World War II Museum’s director of education, will speak. (225) 922-1000 or www.sos.la.gov/archives

AROUND THE WORLD AT LUNCH: AMERICAN ARTISTS-TRAVELERS ABROAD: noon, third-floor conference room LSU Museum of Art, Shaw Center for the Arts, 100 Lafayette St. $5, adults and children age 13 and older. Admission is free for university faculty, staff, students with ID, museum members and children age 12 and younger. (225) 389-7200 or lsumoa.org.

LSU MUSEUM OF ART: Shaw Center for the Arts, 100 Lafayette St. “LeRoy Neiman: Action!,” exhibit of work by the American artist and sports illustrator, through Jan. 17, 2015. “Rooted Communities” by Nari Ward, through Jan. 18, 2015. “Accalia and the Swamp Monster” by Kelli Scott Kelley, through Jan. 25, 2015. lsumoa.org

SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY VISUAL ARTS GALLERY: Frank Hayden Hall. “The Importance of Art to Historically Black Colleges and Universities in This New Millennium,” through Friday, Oct. 31. Hours are 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Thursday and by appointment on Friday. Free.

WEST BATON ROUGE MUSEUM: 845 N. Jefferson, Port Allen. “100 Years After the War to End All Wars,” exhibit marking the centennial anniversary of the start of World War I, through Sunday, Oct. 26. “Mill Sessions,” an exhibit of photographs by New Orleans photographer David Armentor focuses on the sugar production in south Louisiana. Exhibit runs through Sunday, Nov. 9. (225) 336-2422, ext. 15